Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON A year ago, an Air Force prosecutor swore out charges of conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist organization against Fouad al Rabia, a 50-year-old Kuwaiti aviation engineer who was seized by U.S. forces in Afghanistan nearly eight years ago.
Read More: Judge's order to release Kuwaiti detainee puts Obama in a bind
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Reuters – A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.
Read More: Britain asks Schwarzenegger to close prostitute web site
(Reuters)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Reuters – Relief workers in American Samoa and Samoa on Thursday searched for survivors after a series of tsunamis smashed into the tiny Pacific islands, killing possibly more than 100 people and flattening villages.
Read More: Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islands
(Reuters)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Iraq’s budget shortfall due to low oil prices presents a challenge to building up the country’s army and raises questions about whether it will be able to protect itself when U.S. troops leave, a top American commander said Wednesday.
Read More: US: Iraq budget shortfall poses security challenge
(AP)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Rescuers searching for a U.S. diplomat led sniffer dogs over beaches Wednesday as technicians prepared to comb the sea floor with a robotic device for traces of a vice consul who vanished on this Dutch Caribbean island last week.
Read More: Rescuers comb Curacao for missing US diplomat
(AP)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Time.com – Rather than a last-chance opportunity for Tehran to respond to Western ultimatums, Thursday’s Geneva meeting will likely launch a process involving some give and take
Read More: Talking With Iran: Chances for a Breakthrough Are Low
(Time.com)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Reuters – Canada seemed set to avoid an early election for a second time this month on Wednesday when the small New Democratic Party (NDP) said it will keep the Conservative minority government in power
Read More: Early federal election set to be avoided again
(Reuters)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – A senior U.S. diplomat who traveled to Havana for the highest-level talks with Cuban officials in decades also met with opposition activists to discuss their political views, three dissidents and a State Department official said Wednesday.
Read More: US diplomat met with Cuban dissidents in Havana
(AP)
Posted under World on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Courts are back in session in Pakistan’s Swat Valley after a three-month hiatus because of an army offensive against Taliban militants. How well the judiciary performs may be crucial in ensuring that the insurgents do not return.
Read More: A new kind of justice in Pakistan's Swat Valley
(AP)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Jonathan Demme can’t stop making movies about Neil Young.
Read More: Demme documentary on Young at Woodstock film fest
(AP)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – John Travolta has told a court in the Bahamas that a local paramedic threatened to sell stories to the news media suggesting the movie star was at fault in the death of his 16-year-old son.
Read More: Travolta testifies Bahamas medic threatened him
(AP)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Dennis Hopper, in town to publicize his TV series “Crash,” was taken to a hospital after developing flulike symptoms.
Read More: Dennis Hopper goes to hospital
(AP)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Daniele Gatti has been selected to fill in for ailing conductor James Levine at Carnegie Hall’s season-opening concert Thursday night.
Read More: Gatti subbing for Levine at Carnegie gala concert
(AP)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Michael Jackson’s estate on Tuesday sued a foundation that bears the name of one of his most famous songs, “Heal the World.”
Read More: Jackson estate sues foundation over name
(AP)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Reuters – Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, best known for playing big screen action heroes Wolverine and James Bond, have drawn record ticket sales for their play “A Steady Rain,” but it drew mixed reviews on Wednesday after opening night.
Read More: Hugh Craig, Daniel Jackman sell out on Broadway
(Reuters)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Fashion Wire Daily – “It’s the new ’soutien gorgeous’ look,” said Karl Lagerfeld backstage after unveiling the Spring 2010 Fendi collection in Milan Sunday, Sept. 27, in the pony-tailed polyglot’s play on words on soutien gorge, French for bra.
Read More: "Soutien Gorgeous" Fendi
(Fashion Wire Daily)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Sarah Palin finished her book quickly and became a best seller even faster.
Read More: Palin already a best-seller
(AP)
Posted under Entertainment on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
AP – Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman emerged unscathed but “A Steady Rain” wasn’t as lucky.
Read More: Jackman, Craig fare better than 'A Steady Rain'
(AP)
Posted under Health on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Reuters – Consequences of obesity in women may extend years into their daughters’ lives, study findings hint.
Read More: Mom's obesity tied to daughters' early puberty
(Reuters)
Posted under Health on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
AP – Being fat in middle age may slash women’s chances of making it to their golden years in good health by almost 80 percent, a new study says. American researchers observed more than 17,000 female nurses with an average age of 50 in the U.S. All of the women were healthy when the study began in 1976. Researchers then monitored the women’s weight, along with other health changes, every two years until 2000.
Read More: Being overweight can cut women's life expectancy
(AP)